Scripture Verse

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. Revelation 5:12

Introduction

Words: Jes­sie G. Mc­Car­tee (1796–1855).

Music: St. Co­lum­ba an­cient Ir­ish tune (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know when the words were writ­ten, or where to get a good pic­ture of Mc­Car­tee (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

All hail to Thee! All hail to Thee!
Thou Lamb en­throned in glo­ry;
We’ll praise Thee through eter­ni­ty,
And cast our crowns before Thee.

No more the help­less babe who slept
In Beth­le­hem’s lowly man­ger,
Nor man of sor­row, He who wept,
On earth a lone­ly stran­ger.

No thor­ny crown around Thy brow,
No more in ang­uish bleed­ing,
Angelic hosts be­fore Thee bow,
But not for mer­cy plead­ing.

Thy blood-bought flock all safe­ly rest
Within Thy fold in Hea­ven,
Their hap­py souls for­ev­er blest,
Their many sins for­giv­en.

All hail to Thee! All hail to Thee!
Thou Lamb en­throned in glo­ry;
We’ll praise Thee through eter­ni­ty,
And cast our crowns before Thee.